false 44559 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 44559 29 245284 1973 Life Is Elsewhere total:1723|5:416|4:682|3:512|2:96|1:17| 1723 6553 2369 55 6343 3.92 61667 3930 31909566 72271 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.82 1577 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 3 false Wed Sep 03 10:08:50 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 07:54:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 70298141 2710448 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 0 false Sun Sep 06 18:28:20 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 19:04:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36947731 239699 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 3 0 false Wed Nov 05 03:31:59 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 03:35:00 -0800 2008
But then I really did read it too quickly, the bu...more...]]> 2815047 141327 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 19:22:27 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 15:25:18 -0700 2007 The Unbearable Lightness Of Being or The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting. The book deals with the main character's adolescence, although the first section lingers on ...more...]]> 50698 4693 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 3 0 false Sat Feb 17 00:32:27 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 30 01:27:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 51662949 2178094 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 0 false Mon Apr 06 04:55:10 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 21:37:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 23927592 646105 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 5 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 09:30:17 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 09:35:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 30544725 213230 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 3 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 09:35:09 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 10:14:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 19822316 1062392 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 5 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 09 15:48:22 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 16:01:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 53291859 591029 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 0 false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 19:51:08 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 19:58:38 -0700 2009
Lending to Amber M.]]> 15184066 897561 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 5 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 11 16:02:43 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 16:34:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7520671 523388 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 04:49:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 18:53:16 -0700 2007
Kundera's got this amazing knack for focusin...more...]]> 57376317 412612 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue May 26 10:19:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 10:19:57 -0700 2009

"(every event was welcome in his monotonous desert)"]]> 38698865 75319 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:53:29 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 06:35:41 -0800 2008 9233677 86397 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 17 09:39:12 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 04 11:42:44 -0800 2008 The story's structure is based on m...more...]]> 53687196 2249074 920141 0140064702 9780140064704 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179459381m/920141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/920141.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.65 37 The author intially intended to call this noel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes scarosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 3 0 false Wed Apr 22 23:50:43 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 23:52:04 -0700 2009 40655179 424953 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 4 0 false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Mon Dec 22 00:24:29 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 00:25:13 -0800 2008
I thought it was good. Funny.]]> 66355670 2598246 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 05 17:21:31 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 17:21:46 -0700 2009 51819797 1360420 1242411 0571149030 9780571149032 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182196610m/1242411.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1242411.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.67 9 The author intially intended to call this noel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes scarosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 3 0 false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:37:31 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 23:56:08 -0700 2009
from a young girl in search of love and ready to leave everything for the lover.. seems so naive but change much time after time..she become very possesive to her real love-of-her-life, her son...the poet.

Jaromil the poet.. was born unwanted...more...]]> 12948662 801045 44559 0060997028 9780060997021 49 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170265799m/44559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44559.Life_Is_Elsewhere 3.80 1723 The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.

]]> 3 0 false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Jan 20 00:54:02 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 00:59:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=44559